J Riley Distillery: A Culinary Experience Where Flavor Meets Fun

The deuling pianos ate amazing. Shawn and David were great! The food and vibes are amazing. We had a blast and can't wait to go again!

This place was pretty good, not the best. I did like the appetizers. The bread stick wheel thing is delicious. Their burgers are good as well. I didn't really care for their onion rings, hard pass. They also have pretty goof drinks. The service is not the best as I think they have to cover too many tables, but nice and friendly atmosphere, good vibes.

What a wonderful surprise J Riley's was. Our friend Jeremy brought us to Redlands for a night on the town and this was our first stop for dinner and drinks. I love all of the wood and exposed beams. They had live music starting outside as we were finishing up. Our server was great and we received our food and drinks very quickly. Below is a run down of our favorite dishes and drinks. Tunacado - Everything about this dish was marvelous. The texture of the tempura fried avocado, freshness of the tuna and that spicy Japanese mayo. Don't let the spice scare you away it's not much heat at all. Even the watermelon radish was a great addition to this dish. The sizing was perfect and could easily be a meal for one or appetizer for two. Plating of this meal is as beautiful. Giant pretzel - Enough for four people easily. Great presentation and beer cheese was just amazing. We also had a large sausage with this that was great especially with the peach bourbon mustard. The Porker - I ordered this without the bun and was really surprised how much I liked it. I'm from North Carolina so our bar b que sauce is vinegar based which I prefer. The sauce on this was very good, not too sweet and it wasn't poured on more like tossed which I appreciated so I could taste the flavor in the braided pork. Side garden salad - Very tasty dressing (champagne vinaigrette) and paired with the porker it was more than enough food. Penicillin - I had a sip of my friends and wow the whiskey forward cocktail was delightful and maybe a little dangerous as it hides that strong alcohol flavor very well.

J Riley is awesome. Eli, our bartender was affable, funny, informed and super helpful. The fish and chips is the best I've had in California and the house single malt whisky is totally delicious. A new favorite place!

Great place to come and have a few delicious drinks. Nice atmosphere, great drinks and awesome staff. UPDATE(5/15/21) Came to the new location which now sells food and this place is great. Had the hot chicken sandwhich and a pretzel which was on point. The burgers where also good which I had a taste off from someone in my party that ordered one. The wait was a bit long one hour compared to when it was only a distillery which kind of sucked specially if someone just wants to get a drink. But overall I enjoyed the experience.

The food was delicious and arrived quickly. the staff was friendly and helpful with the menu. The reason for the 3 stars is from the price and portion sizes. If you wanna spend 20 dollars on an okay burger and a plate full of fries then this is the place for you. I ordered the cheapest thing on the menu and it was still 9 dollars and i got what looked to be a total of 1 idaho potatoe.

J Riley is located in a good area of town. They have a lot of seating inside and out. They have a good selection of food items to choose from. I ordered The Porker, Pulled Pork with bourbon sauce,coleslaw and pickles, it was very good. My husband ordered the Wedge Salad and liked it, lots of bacon on it. We went on a Friday night and watched the Dueling Pianos. People write down songs on paper for them to sing. When we’ve seen Dueling Pianos in other places they make lots of jokes and there can be a lot of laughing. This did not happen with these two guys. Not really any jokes and one of the guys sang off tune with a few songs. J Riley will be having them once a month.